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European Parliament: Press release: Fighting terrorism: share criminal records of non-EU nationals, too, urge MEPs

01 June 2016

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The European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), which EU countries use to exchange information on the criminal convictions of EU citizens, should be extended to include non-EU nationals, Civil Liberties Committee MEPs said on
Monday. MEPs also want the system to be used to check the criminal records of people seeking to work with children.

The committee backed an EU Commission proposal to expand the ECRIS system to include information, of non-EU citizens by 45 votes to 2, with 4 abstentions. The new directive is a key measure under the European Agenda on Security and an important tool for fighting cross-border crime and terrorism.

“We need to restore public confidence that we are able to monitor who comes into the EU, and to find people who could represent a threat. Checking people against our existing criminal records databases, and making exchanging that information much easier, will go a long way towards showing that we can find those people who mean us harm, amongst the vast majority who do not", said Parliament's lead MEP on the file Timothy Kirkhope (ECR, UK).following the vote."

See the full text: Fighting terrorism: share criminal records of non-EU nationals, too, urge MEPs (link)

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